Marty Nemko

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Sunday, December 31, 2023

The Dogs Yin and Yang: A short-short story

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A Judgmental Dog: A short-short story

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

A Dog Sitter: A short-short story

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Friday, December 29, 2023

A Lucky Dog: A short-short story

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A Doggie's New Year's Resolutions

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A Doggie Goes to the Cool Club on New Year's Eve: A short-short story

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Thursday, December 28, 2023

My Thoughts at the New Year

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Top Dog: A short-short story about a political campaign

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A Dog Named Yes and a Dog Named No

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The Answerer: A short-short story

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Baby Steps to a Better Relationship

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Baby Steps to Career Contentment

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Baby Steps to Getting Rich Enough

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Tuesday, December 26, 2023

The World's Shortest Course in How to Live Wisely

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Monday, December 25, 2023

The Barkery and Me: A short-short story in time for Christmas

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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Berkeley's Christmas Colors

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Alan Dershowitz on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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Warrior and "Wimp" at Christmas: A short-short story

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

What This Jew Feels This Christmas

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What's a Not-Christian to Do at Christmas?

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That Makes Sense: Practical advice on some of life's big decisions

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Friday, December 22, 2023

Keyboard medley: Do You Hear What I Hear, Carol of the Bells, Drummer Boy

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Gay's Gift: An essay on why Harvard President Claudine Gay should resign

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Thursday, December 21, 2023

The Snowman: A Parody of Today's DEI and Harvard's Claudine Gay's Admini...

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Burned-Out at 20

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023

I Overheard This Conversation About College

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Truth Serum: A short-short story

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The Fairies: A short-short story

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Victor Davis Hanson on Harvard's President, Claudine Gay

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A Boring Town: A short-short story

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The Academy at the Crossroads: an essay by Heather MacDonald

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Sunday, December 17, 2023

Tenured Barbarians

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Break-the-Rules Buddies: A short-short story

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Saturday, December 16, 2023

Drone: A short-short story

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I'm Nice But Not Good: A fictional diary entry

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

Better Solo Than So-So

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Toward Your Coming Up with A Big Idea You Want to Implement

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Term Marriage: a thought experiment

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A 30-Hour Workweek? A thought experiment

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Monday, December 11, 2023

"Give Me an F. Give Me All F's. Expel Me for All I Care!" A thought expe...

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A Secular Ascetic: A short-short story

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Saturday, December 9, 2023

Mini-runthrough of my upcoming holiday piano concert

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Friday, December 8, 2023

I'm Nearly Overwhelmed

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Monday, December 4, 2023

3 Holiday Short-Short Stories

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Eating-Out Alone: A short-short story

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Sunday, December 3, 2023

The Cremator: A short-short story

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Revolt of the 90-Year-Olds: A short-short story

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"Sorry, I'm Not Santa:" A short-short story

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The Sugar-Plum Fairy and Me: A short-short story

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Saturday, December 2, 2023

"Workers of the World, Unite!" A short-short story

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Power Imbalance: A short-short story

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Friday, December 1, 2023

Guilty Pleasures

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Marty Nemko
Oakland, CA, United States
I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.
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